King Alisaunder
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King Alisaunder or Kyng Alisaunder is a Middle English romance or romantic epic in about 4,000 octosyllabic couplets. It tells the story of Alexander the Great's career from his youth, through his suc
Portrait of Alexander from a 14th-century manuscript
Richard Coer de Lyon
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Richard Coer de Lyon is a Middle English popular verse romance which gives a fictionalised account of the life of Richard I, King of England, concentrating on his exploits in the Third Crusade. It was
King Alisaunder
…The name of the author is not known, but he or she probably lived in or around London, and he is thought by some to have also written the romances Richard Coer de Lyon, Arthour and Merlin and The Seven Sages of Rome. King Alisaunder survives in enough manuscripts to indicate that it had some popularity in late mediaeval…
The frontispiece of the 1528 printing of Richard Coer de Lyon
Richard's supposed joust with Saladin was widely depicted in art, such as in these 13th-century tiles from Chertsey Abbey.
A spread from the 1528 printing of the verse romance Richard Coer de Lyon depicting Richard's arrival at Acre.
Tomb effigy of William Longespée the Younger